Friday, October 28, 2011

This is the 3rd Cinetica we have photos of. You can click on Cinetica on the right margin to see the others.

This particular frameset is currently on ebay with this description:

"A little Cinelli history: In the late 1980's, early 90's Cinelli produced their cult classic: the Cinelli Laser, during that same time they also produced the Cinelli Cinetica. This exact frame (see pics) that I am selling: the Cinelli Cinetica was manufactured very briefly because the technology at that time was prohibitively expensive when working with carbon fiber monocoque one piece frames and forks. The Cinelli Laser at that time was all steel and did an excellent job mimicking the gentle slopes and fillets of carbon fiber in a steel frame, with carbon fiber that is all natural in the manufacturing process. The Cinelli Cinetica was way ahead of it's time and only a small batch of them were ever produced in the entire world

What I have here is one of the rarest racing frames ever manufactured: The Cinelli Cinetica carbon frame and fork. The frame serial number is 0016, it's the 16th frame made.

This is the last frame of it's kind, even rarer than the Cinelli Laser. What makes this frame special is that it is BRAND NEW. This frame has never been assembled, it is factory new, zero miles, been packaged up for 21 years. The fork is also brand new, uncut.

This is a true carbon fiber monocoque built racing frame. Hand made in Italy with the expertise and cooperation of 3 world class companies:

Cinelli

Campagnolo

Ferrari

This is the frame that started it all. The Italians had carbon fiber perfected way before anyone else

Here is a brief background on this rare frame: In the late 1980's Andrea Cinelli decided to manufacture the ultimate racing frame. Along with Ferrari and Campagnolo the design was perfected and production went into effect. All the Cinetica frames used Campagnolo dropouts stamped: Cinetica. As for the authentic Ferrari red paint, that was provided by Ferrari along with its special carbon fiber formula one race car blend.

You will not find much info on the internet about Cinetica, if you google it you will find a few pics which by the way are mine since I have owned multiple Cinelli Cineticas...this one is special because it is 100% new.

Why is this frame so rare, it started it all...while everybody was messing with aluminum and steel, Cinelli had a vision to use carbon fiber. Cinetica was 20 years ahead of its time.

Monday, October 10, 2011

Chris writes in, "My Cinelli S.C. Leggerissimo from Brügelmann is nearing completion, I'm really looking forward to riding it. I've attached a jpeg for you to see, I shot it just after I got it back from Brian Baylis. The paint is excellent!"

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Monday, October 3, 2011

Andy writes in about his 1977 SC, "Here are two photos of my ’77 SC. It was bought new by my uncle in ’77, ridden daily, and refinished in the late 80’s. I updated the drive train and brakes to Campy 8-speed Record when he gave me the frame about 2 years ago. It’s a 63.5 cm seat tube, and 59cm top tube. The ride is smooth compared to modern aluminum frames! It’s a great weekend bike for me. Thanks again for the great site!"

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